Afghanistan vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male

Afghanistan
170,003 number
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.55 million number
in 2019
Afghanistan rank
21st
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
24th

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M197019942019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 1.55 million number against 170,003 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.38 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 9.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 12 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 21st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th of 187 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 184,498 number 3.70 million number 3.51 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 41,839 number 4.43 million number 4.39 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 53,090 number 4.18 million number 4.13 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 152,976 number 1.48 million number 1.33 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repeaters in primary education, all grades, male, Afghanistan or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 1.55 million number against 170,003 number in Afghanistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in repeaters in primary education, all grades, male between Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
1.38 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
12 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for repeaters in primary education, all grades, male?
Afghanistan ranks 21st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/repeaters-in-primary-education-all-grades-male-number/afghanistan/latin-america-and-caribbean-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/repeaters-in-primary-education-all-grades-male-number/afghanistan/latin-america-and-caribbean-excluding-high-income/">Afghanistan vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 6,470 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of male pupils enrolled in the same grade for a second (or further) year.